This Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild guide and walkthrough covers everything you need to know to make your way through the ruins of Hyrule. As you navigate Link through shrines, find shrine locations, fight strong monsters and solve various puzzles, you may get stumped or need a solution. We’ve got you covered with information on shrine locations, how to find certain items, gain specific abilities, solve puzzles in shrines and more! This Zelda: Breath of the Wild guide and walkthrough will be updated frequently, so if you don’t see a solution to your problem, chances are we’ll have it within the next day or two.

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Breath of the Wild Quick Tips

Don’t let your stamina completely run out or you can’t do anything that requires stamina until it’s completely replenished.

Watch for sparkles on the ground that indicate there’s an item to be found.

Hit an enemy in the head with and arrow for double the damage.

If you hit an enemy from behind it increases your damage output.

Perform a Perfect Dodge by evading a horizontal attack by pressing X and back, or vertical attack with X and left or right at the last moment.

To perform Perfect Guard, equip a shield and press A just as you're about to get hit to deflect the attack and get an oppotunity to counterattack.

Watch the temperature gauge so you know when you need to equip cold weather gear or light a fire.

Turn “Aim with motion controls” off if you don’t want to play with motion controls.

Different enemies come out at night, so you may want stop at a camp fire and rest until morning.

Throwing a weapon inflicts double the damage, but wait until your weapon is almost broken before you throw it.

During a lightning storm, remove all metal equipment to avoid getting hit with a lightning strike.

Swimming costs stamina and if you run out you will drown, so don’t swim out too far.

When buying items from shops, simply walk up to the item and purchase it. You don't need to speak to the shop owner.

Any NPC with an exclamation point by their dialogue box as you approach will offer a quest if you speak to them.

You can eat food while in the middle of climbing, meaning you can eat something that replenishes stamina to extend your climb.

If you can catch a fairy and keep it in your inventory, when Link dies he will instantly come back to life with a few hearts to spare.